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Dale Romans might have been a
little tired after flying from Chicago back to
Saratoga, but
any fatigue Sunday morning was overshadowed by the afterglow of winning one of
the most important races of his career.
On Saturday, the Romans-trained
Little Mike stretched his speed to 1
¼ miles and stunned a field of top turf runners to win the Grade 1 Arlington
Million. Little Mike ran the distance in 2:02.44 under new rider Ramon Dominguez
to win by 1 ½ lengths.
"One of the biggest wins of my
career," Romans said in his office at
Saratoga. "He just keeps on cruising. I backed
him down in distance in California [when third
in the Grade 1 Shoemaker at a mile on June 30 at
Park ], and it didn't work out. His best
race was a mile and an eighth at Churchill Downs, so I figured, why not a mile
and a quarter?"
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the Grade 1 Secretariat for 3-year-olds at
Arlington with Finnegans Wake.
Another 3-year-old in the barn,
Quick Wit, is still a long-shot
possibility for the August 25 Travers. Quick Wit upset the $200,000 National
Museum of Racing Hall of Fame – a turf race that was moved to the main track –
on August 10 last time out.
Quick Wit has won on turf and
dirt, and Romans doesn't appear compelled to make an early commitment.
"We'll probably run back here on
the turf [in the Grade 3 Saranac, a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds on September
2], but we'll keep the Travers option open until entry day to see how the field
shapes up," he said. "It looks like it could be a big field. If that's the case,
we won't run."
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While all seems good in the land of Apple, there are a few nits that some Apple fans are picking, and Forbes managed to find a few of them at Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week. Chief among the concerns found are the seeming lack of attention paid to Apple's professional Macs, Steve Jobs' inability to understand that with celebrity comes attention, the MacBook Air's non-user-replaceable battery, and the downward tick in Apple's stock in Calendar 2008.
While the first third of the article sums up some of the many good things Apple has accomplished in the ten-plus years since Steve Jobs returned to the helm of the company, Mr. Caulfield noted a story from a blogger named Violet Blue. Ms. Blue wanted a picture with Steve Jobs, but when she asked him, he told her she was rude, and literally shunned her by turning his back on her (that's at least her version of the story).
"That's the first time I've ever 'fangirled' anyone," she wrote. "And it'll be my last." Ms. Blue's blog, Tiny Nibbles, is of an adult nature -- Open Source Sex reads the landing page -- so treat the link accordingly.
Mr. Caulfield also found Newton Munson, formerly of NeXT and now with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, who voiced his concern over the lack of attention Apple's professional Mac Pros received during the Macworld keynote.
"If Steve Jobs isn't interested in it, it might not survive," Mr. Munson told Forbes. "We want to make sure they keep making 'real' computers."
You can find the other nits in the full article. We should note, too, though it may seem like we are picking our own nits, that we haven't run into very many people complaining about much of anything on the show floor. The few complaints we have seen at The Mac Observer concerning the show have mostly come from folks not here to see the goods in person.
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Early Tuesday morning, Arabs shot at an Afikim bus number 101, that was driving to the Tapuach junction in the Shomron. There were no passengers in the bus at the time. The driver was not injured. The army temporarily locked down Hawarwa, near Shechem, where the shooting occurred, while the IDF searched for the shooter. […]
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On Monday the IRS provided the 'smoking gun' pointed at its own head, in reports and information showing that the government agency made decisions based upon the views of pro-Israel groups which disagreed with the administration about the 'Disputed Territories.'
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Overnight, terrorists threw four firebombs at the Gush Etzion checkpoint near the tunnel entrance to Jerusalem. There were no injuries or damage from the attacks. TPS / Tazpit News Agency
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Harvesting the Fruits of contemplation (harvestingthefruitsofcontemplation.blogspot.com/)
It is a shame that some Catholics have succumbed to the falsehood that any spiritual book written prior to Vatican II is antiquated and of no value for the souls of contemporary Catholics hungering for spiritual nourishment and guidance. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Reading spiritual prayers enriches our lives.
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CANASTOTA, NY - Have you ever heard of The Little Book of Eternal Wisdom written by Blessed Henry Suso, O.P., a fourteenth century Dominican priest and mystic? I recently discovered this gem and will be spending a great deal of time mining the wisdom contained in this forgotten book. While it's language needs some updating (which I have attempted to do in the following excerpts), it's insights are eternal.
The book sets forth an on-going dialogue between God (Eternal Wisdom) and a man (the Servant) who is searching for Wisdom and Truth. In Chapter XXIII (How We Ought Lovingly To Receive God) the Servant comes to a life-changing realization of how he has taken the Eucharist for granted. Let's listen in on a portion of the conversation between this soul and His God. We will no doubt find much fruit for our own contemplation:
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The Servant - Lord, teach me how I should behave myself towards You, how, with due honor and love, I should receive You.
Eternal Wisdom - You should receive Me worthily, you should partake of Me with humility, you should keep Me earnestly, you should embrace Me with conjugal love, and have Me in My godly dignity before your eyes. Spiritual hunger and actual devotion must impel you to Me more than custom.
The Servant - I have plucked the red roses and have not smelt them; I have wandered among the blooming flowers and have not seen them; I have been as a dry branch amid the fresh dews of May. Never, O never can I sufficiently repent Your having been for many a day so near me, and my having been so far from You. O, sweet guest of pure souls, what a sorry welcome have I hitherto given You, what an ill return have I so frequently made You! How little desirous have I not shown myself of the sweet bread of angels! I had the precious balsam in my mouth, and felt it not. Ah, Thou delight of all angelic eyes, never as yet did I feel true delight in You! If it were announced to me that a bodily friend would visit me in the morning should I not rejoice at it all the night before? And yet, never did I prepare myself for the reception of You, as in reason I ought, You worthy guest, whom heaven and earth equally honor.
O God, how often have I stood distracted and without devotion on the very spot where You were before me, and with me in the Blessed Sacrament; my body indeed stood there, but my heart was elsewhere. How often have I thought so little of You in Your presence, that my heart has not even offered You an affectionate salutation, with a devout inclination? Gentle Lord, my eyes ought to have looked at You with joyous delight, my heart ought to have loved You with the fullness of desire, my mouth ought to have praised You with heartfelt, fervent jubilee; all my strength ought to have melted in Your glad service.
What did not Your servant David do who leapt so joyously with all his might before the ark, in which there was nothing but corporal bread of heaven, nothing but corporal things! Lord, now do I stand here before You, and before all Your angels, and with bitter tears fall at Your feet. O, forgive me all the dishonor that ever I offered You, for I am sorry for it, and must ever be sorry for it; for the light of Your wisdom begins only now to enlighten me; and the place where You art, not only according to Your divinity, but according to Your humanity, shall be honored by me evermore.Tell me, gentle Lord, what is it You give Your beloved with Your real presence in the Sacrament, provided she receives You with love and desire?
Eternal Wisdom - Is that a fitting question for a lover? What have I better than Myself? He who possesses the object of his love, what else has he to ask for? He who gives himself, what has he refused? I give Myself to you, and take you from yourself, and unite you to Me. You lose yourself, and art wholly transformed into Me. What does the sun in his brightest reflection bestow on the unclouded sky? Yes, what does the bright star of the morning dawn bestow on the dark night? Or what do the fair and ravishing adornments of summer bestow after the cold, wintry, melancholy season?
The Servant - O Lord, they bestow precious gifts.
Eternal Wisdom - They seem precious to you because they are visible to you. Behold, the smallest gift that flows from Me in the Blessed Sacrament reflects more splendor in eternity than any sunny brightness; it sheds more light than any morning star; it adorns you more ravishingly in eternal beauty than ever did any adornment of summer on the earth. Or is not My bright divinity more radiant than any sun, My noble soul more resplendent than any star, My glorified body more ravishing than any ravishment of summer? And yet all these things have you truly received here.
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"My roommate had an herb garden and when she left school I kind of inherited the garden," she said.
Krier never completed her UWM degree work, but found a lifelong inspiration in that garden.
"I started working with the herbs and found I really enjoyed it. I wanted to find ways to use them for body care, and ended up getting my certification from the Australasian College of Herbal Studies in 1998," she said.
Krier now operates Back to Eden, a Port Washington shop that specializes in handmade soaps, balms, salves and lotions largely made from organic ingredients and distilled essential oils.
"I have to be very careful about not making health claims, like they cure something, because that is something FDA is very touchy about," she said.
"What I can say is it has been historically claimed that the products are good for skin problems, or whatever. I don't diagnose or prescribe treatments. I say my products are made to keep the skin happy."
Krier simply invites her customers to try the products she makes in the back room of her shop on 126 E. Main St. to see if they work for them.
Before opening the store, she sold her soaps and salves at the Port Washington farmers market for 20 years.
Krier uses her knowledge of herbs — some she grows herself and others imported from as far away as India — to create unique formulas for soaps and lotions.
Her first effort as an herbalist was a soothing salve made to treat diaper rash for her own children. Its ingredients include bees wax, plantain, calendula flower extract, myrrh resin and echinacea root.
Krier said her calling as a soapmaker gives her a chance to blend the precision of a chemist, the step-by-step thinking of a chef and the creativity of an artist.
"I am constantly saying, 'I wonder if I could make a soap out of that?'" Krier said.
Some of the ingredients for her artisan soaps are surprising, to say the least.
"I have some hunter friends who gave me some deer fat I used in soap, and I have made bear fat soap," Krier said.
Her duck egg soap actually does have duck eggs as an ingredient.
"I have also made beer soap for Sprecher Brewing company, as well as coffee and chocolate soap. Pretty much any fruit or vegetable can also be an ingredient, like cucumber or cantaloupe," Krier said.
"Soap is like a canvas. It starts out blank and you see what you can come up with."
It can take between six and 10 hours to make a batch of soap, which can yield 10 to 30 pounds at a time.
Some of her products begin to lose their scent after six months, but most have a shelf life of as long as 10 years.
Krier said many of the organic items she incorporates into her products come from vendors she has befriended at the farmers market.
"We are all very close. Every Saturday is like a party," Krier said.
That same kind of natural rapport led to her working with artist Kelly Kelenic to create her store logo.
"I told her she could sell her artwork in my store if she made my logo," Krier said.
"Kelly made the logo and also ended up painting this amazing mural at the front of the store."
As she gained confidence as a soapmaker, Krier became part of the Handmade Cosmetic and Soap Makers Guild, a network of some 700 similarly minded artisans from around the world that she connected with via the Internet.
"For the first 10 years I was doing this, I felt like I was the only one out there making these different soaps and I was very protective about the formulas," she said.
"Then I learned there are a lot of beautiful women out there doing the same kind of thing I am, and our exchanges can get pretty heated as we talk about our individual preferences."
Yes, most of her soapmaking colleagues are women, although she said there are some men who take the craft very seriously.
Krier has become so devoted to spreading the word about incorporating herbs into natural products that she teaches classes when the retail side of her shop is not open.
As her students become proficient in the art of soapmaking, Krier said she does not worry about losing potential customers.
"I have found that the more interest I can create in using herbs, the more business I get. It doesn't matter to me whether I am selling finished products or the raw materials," she said.
An herbalist cooperative is being added to the store this month, with participating vendors being allocated a shelf on which to sell their products.
Krier said interest in her natural products, and herbal products in general, has grown as people have become more concerned about chemical and artificial fragrances used in many skin care products.
She resists the suggestion that the herbal movement can justifiably be identified as counter-culture.
"I guess it was the New Age movement that resurrected the idea of using herbals in making things like soaps, you know, old hippies," Krier said.
"But it actually dates back long before that. Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers all made their own soap, and used whatever natural products they had on hand."
Her expertise as an artisan soapmaker gained her national exposure in a chapter of a book called "Naturally Saponified 2" by Daryl and Patricia Gessner, which is available through Amazon.
"Out of 6,000 artisans in our group, I was honored to be one of 26 chosen to be featured in the book," Krier said.


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Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Enter the directory that corresponds to your latest saved game (for example, "savegame1") in the "\My Games\Farming Simulator 2011" directory. Use a text editor to edit the "careerSavegame" file. Change the value of the valid="true" money= line to the desired amount of money.
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- Bottle Master: You have found and returned all 100 bottles.
- Fruits of Your Labor: You have harvested more than 10 hectares.
- Harvest King: You have harvested more than 100 hectares.
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In his weekly address, President Barack Obama this week pledged $4 billion in federal funding for computer science education in schools throughout the nation.
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Back in 2002, artists at England's Plymouth University teamed up with Paignton Zoo to see if monkeys could write Shakespeare. Read the rest
Artificial Intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky died yesterday. He was one of computer science's great pioneers, a brilliant researcher who could translate his insights into material accessible even to laypeople. Read the rest
Trumpscript -- a python variant -- only allows numbers over 1,000,000; has no import statements (all declarations must be homegrown); only has integers because floating-point numbers are un-American (America never does anything halfway); only allows popular words and the names of politicians as variable names; limits error messages to direct Trump quotes; and requires that all programs end with "America is great." Read the rest
Because a PIN-pad is so constrained and predictable, the accelerometer in your smartwatch is able to guess with a high degree of confidence (73%) what you enter into it -- it can also serve as a general-purpose keylogger, though with less accuracy (59%), thanks to the complexity of the keyboard. Read the rest
Piet was named for Piet Mondrian, and its programs look like Mondrian paintings -- which makes Mondrian Turing-complete. (Shown above: a Piet "Hello World" program.) Read the rest
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Gaffer is a graph database "optimised for retrieving data on nodes of interest" developed by the notorious UK spy agency GCHQ, and now you can download, run and improve it because they've posted it to Github under the permissive, free/open Apache license. Read the rest
JK Brickworks's Sisyphus automata was inspired by Disney Research's work on the "Computational Design of Mechanical Characters". Read the rest
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Jane Austen's writing style was often criticized as being "soulless" because of the lack of emotional and sexual tension between her main characters. (Well, there have been people who've said that, but in my opinion Darcy and Lizzy and the characters in her other novels had plenty of romantic tension.) I believe it was Charlotte Bronte who was the most critical of the back-then anonymous writer we all now know as Jane Austen. It appears that Ms. Berdoll tried to remedy that by adding eroticism.Read more ›
For that reason, I did not finish MDTAW. So, although, to be fair, I rated the book 2 stars instead of 1 (in case the end was more entertaining than the beginning), I would advise that you avoid it if any of these things apply to you: 1) you're a JA purist; 2) stupid metaphors drive you crazy; OR 3) you have a basic affinity for English grammar.
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First, let me say that I love Jane Austen. Like many here, I, too, have re-read Pride and Prejudice every year since I was 12 years old. I also have a degree in English literature, and have read many, many British novels over the course of my life. Thus, I can safely say that the overblown language of this book bears little resemblance to that of any classic from the 19th century (or any other era, for that matter).
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On Tuesday, Clinton lost the West Virginia primary to 74-year-old socialist Bernie Sanders 51% to 36%.
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Daiichi Sankyo reported data from a Phase III trial demonstrating that its once-daily, oral direct factor Xa inhibitor, edoxaban, performed better than enoxaparin sodium in preventing venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in patients following total hip replacement surgery. The investigational drug also reduced the incidence of elevated liver damage markers.
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The multicenter double-dummy Stars J-V trial compared the safety and efficacy of once-daily oral edoxaban with that of twice-daily enoxaparin injection, in 610 total hip-replacement patients treated over 11-14 days. Results showed that asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis occurred in 2.4% of patients receiving edoxaban, and in 6.9% of those treated using enoxaparin. Levels of the liver damage indicator serum aminotransferase increased to three times the upper normal limit in 2.6% of edoxaban patients and in 10% of enoxaparin patients. There were no pulmonary embolism events in either group, and no statistical difference in major and clincially relevant nonmajor bleeding events. No patient in either treatment group suffered intracranial hemorrhage or death.
At the beginning of December Daiichi Sankyo confirmed it had completed enrollment into the global Phase III ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 clinical study, which is evaluating two doses of once-daily edoxaban, compared with warfarin therapy, in the prevention of stroke and systemic embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation. The study has enrolled 21,107 patients at nearly 1,400 clinical sites.
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Empty Netter Assists - 05-09-14
Playoff Stuff
Penguins - Rangers
-"We have an opportunity back here in Game 5, and we have to be as desperate as we've been all playoffs long to try to get that fourth win here at home." - Dan Bylsma.
-Beau Bennett (above) is a third liner for the time being.
-"He's maybe one of the smartest players I've ever coached. He has a knack for being at the right spot at the right time and he's been all over that for us in the playoffs." - Bylsma on Jussi Jokinen.
-Brooks Orpik is dealing with a new undisclosed injury.
-Bylsma speaks:
-Rangers forward Martin St. Louis' mother France passed away Thursday at the age of 63. His availability for tonight's Game 5 is uncertain.
-The Rangers' mixed up their lines and defensive pairings at practice yesterday:
Rangers' lines changed: Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello; Carcillo-Richards-Nash; Pouliot-Brassard-St. Louis; Boyle-Moore-Miller/Dorsett.
— Tom Gulitti (@TGfireandice) May 8, 2014
Rangers' D pairs: McDonagh-Girardi; Staal-Stralman; Klein-Moore; Falk-Diaz.
— Tom Gulitti (@TGfireandice) May 8, 2014
Carcillo likely holding Hagelin's spot on that line with Richards and Nash.
— Tom Gulitti (@TGfireandice) May 8, 2014
-After the Jump: The Bruins tie the Canadiens.
Bruins - Canadiens
-An overtime goal by Matt Fraser gave the Bruins a 1-0 win against the Canadiens in Game 4. Tuukka Rask made 33 saves in a shutout for Boston which tied the series, 2-2.
-Fraser's goal:
-Hockey Night in Canada's pregame montage:
-Rask was all over these pucks:
-"The winning goal." - Bruins coach Claude Julien's deadpan response when asked what he liked about Fraser's play.
-Recalled from Providence of the AHL the day before, Fraser became the first player ever to score an overtime goal in the NHL and AHL postseasons in the same year.
-"I was at Chipotle eating lunch and wondering what I was going to do for the day." - Fraser on what he was doing when he got the phone call Wednesday regarding his recall.
-Normally a reliable producer in the postseason, Bruins forward David Krejci only has three assists in these playoffs.
-"Hey, that's what we get paid for. We get paid for sacrificing our bodies. In other lines of work, they have other different things that go on. Ours is to get bruises and lose our teeth." - Canadiens defenseman Mike Weaver on blocking shots.
Blackhawks - Wild
-Wild forwards and former Penguins prospect Matt Moulson will miss game 4 due to a "lower-body" injury.
-"I don't think waiting is the right word. You sit around waiting for things to happen, and usually this time of year, they're not going to happen." - Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp on having only one goal in 11 postseason games this year.
Ducks - Kings
-Jonas Hiller made seven save and was credited with a win for the Ducks in a 3-2 victory against the Kings in Game 3. Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles which leads the series, 2-1.
-Check out the passing which led to Carter's goal:
-Pass of the Night: Check out this feed by Anaheim's Nick Bonino to set up Teemu Selanne for a goal:
-Check out this snipe by Ducks defenseman and former Penguin Ben Lovejoy which led to the eventual game-winning goal:
-Los Angeles' Mike Richards swatted a puck out of midair for a goal:
-Selanne was focused on this faceoff:
-Quick couldn't stop this puck:
-Andersen kept an eye on this puck:
-After turning back to Frederik Andersen as the starter for Game 3, the Ducks saw Andersen leave the game in the third period due to an undisclosed injury and were forced to play Hiller.
-"I always joke about how we sell tickets. We always make it interesting in our games." - Selanne.
-The Ducks recalled defenseman Sami Vatanen from Norfolk of the AHL and assigned forward Emerson Etem to Norfolk.
-"I think it would be closer to fly back home [to Finland] from there than to come here." - Vatanen joking about flying from St. John's, Newfoundland to Los Angeles following his recall. The Norfolk Admirals are currently in a playoff Series with the St. John's IceCaps.
IIHF World Championship
-The IIHF World Championship tournament begins today. Here is the schedule.
Non-Playoff Stuff
Neapolitan Ice Cream Metropolitan Division
-Blue Jackets forwards Brandon Dubinsky (ankle) and Derek MacKenzie each underwent surgery.
-The Blue Jackets signed Erie Otters goaltender Oscar Dansk, a second-round pick in 2012, to a three-year entry-level contract.
Atlantic Division
-While head coach Randy Carlyle did get a two-year contract extension yesterday, three of his assistants - Dave Farrish, Scott Gordon and Greg Cronin - were fired.
Central Division
-The Predators extended their affiliation agreement with the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals through 2016-17.
Pacific Division
-The Oilers signed forward Bogdan Yakimov, a third-round pick in 2013, to a three-year entry-level contract.
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|Finely chopped walnuts
|3 Tablespoon
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1) Take a plate and sift flour.
2) To it add salt and spices.
3) Beat in eggs into a double boiler and whisk it until the eggs turn fluffy.
4) Continue whisking and add sugar to it until it takes the consistency of softly whipped cream (This will take about 10 minutes with a whisk and 5 minutes with an electric beater).
5) Sprinkle walnuts and flour and mix in the egg mixture.
6) Take two 7 inch sandwich teans, line with greaseproof paper, and grease with butter.
7) Pour the batter in the greased pan and bake at 350 degree F at Gas Mark 4, for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
8) Allow to cool, garnish with chopped walnuts, and serve with the whipped cream.
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Calories 631 Calories from Fat 411
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 47 g73%
Saturated Fat 20 g99.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 261.4 mg87.1%
Sodium 150.4 mg6.3%
Total Carbohydrates 43 g14.3%
Dietary Fiber 2.3 g9.1%
Sugars 19.8 g
Protein 12 g24.9%
Vitamin A 25.8% Vitamin C 1.3%
Calcium 9.7% Iron 13.8%
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Wang ocheonchukguk jeon
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Wang ocheonchukguk jeon (Korean pronunciation: [waːŋotɕʰʌntɕʰukk͈uktɕ͈ʌn]; pinyin: wǎng wǔ tiānzhú guó chuán; "An account of travel to the five Indian kingdoms") is a travelogue by Buddhist monk Hyecho, who traveled from Korea to India, in the years 723 - 727/728 CE.
Written in Classical Chinese, the lingua franca of East Asia at the time, the work was long thought to be lost. However, a manuscript turned up among the Dunhuang manuscripts during the early 20th century. It was bought by French explorer and archaeologist Paul Pelliot in 1908, and is now owned by the National Library of France (Pelliot chinois 3532).[1]
The manuscript scroll contains 5,893 classical Chinese characters in 227 lines. It originally consisted of three volumes, however volume one and later section of volume three are lost. It is 28.5 centimeters in width and 358.6 centimeters in length, is the first known overseas travelogue written by a Korean and contains information about the political, cultural and economic customs of India and central Asia at that time. The five Indian kingdoms in the work's title refer to West, East, North, South and Central India,[2] but it also contains information about the Byzantine Empire (Greater Fu-lin), the Arabs, Persia and several Central Asian states.[3]
It was loaned to the National Museum of Korea and went on display there from Dec. 18, 2010 to April 3, 2011, 1283 years after the document was first written.[4]
- ^ The Korea Times 06-29-2010
- ^ The Korea Times 06-29-2010
- ^ Yang, et al (1984), pp. 52-58.
- ^ The Korea Times 06-29-2010
- Yang, Han-sung et al. (1984). The Hye Cho's Diary: Memoir of the Pilgrimage to the Five Regions of India (1984). Translation, text and editing by Yang, Han-sung et al. Religions of Asia series (Berkeley, Calif.); no. 2. UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Berkeley, Calif.: Asian Humanities Press; Seoul: Po Chin Chai. ISBN 0-89581-024-7.
External resources[edit]
Fully digitized "Wang ocheonchukguk jeon" on International Dunhuang Project website


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Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master's baby, and the clever Pudd'nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain's darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as "half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy," noting that "morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature." Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Pudd'nhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the author's process.
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Last Day to Vote
The folks at Baseball Prospectus are running their annual Internet Baseball Awards which I find far more interesting and relevant than the ridiculous BBWAA vote. Today is the last day to vote though, so head on over.
- Cubs fan and PECOTA master Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus (and occasional TCR reader) has branched out to politics with a new polling-analysis website. You can see his guest spot on The Colbert Report by following the link.
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Re: Last Day to Vote
Mine, FWIW.
AL MVP: Hamilton, Morneau, Pedoria, Sizemore, ARod, Huff, M. Cabrera, Youkilis, Markakis, Quentin
NL MVP: Pujols, Wright, Beltran, Berkman, Howard, Utley, Reyes, H. Ramirez, McLouth, A. Gonzalez
AL Cy: Halladay, Lee, Santana, Burnett, KRod
NL Cy: Lincecum, Webb, Santana, Haren, Hamels
AL MOY: Gardie, Maddon, Gaston
NL MOY: Torre, LaRussa, Cox
Re: Last Day to Vote
Pinella doesn't deserve it. Not even close.
Torre is more deserving. Hell, Cooper and LaRussa deserve it more.
Re: Last Day to Vote
Maybe Manny should get the vote for MOY
Re: Last Day to Vote
a chunk of it has to do with voters wanting to blown away, not lulled into the extra 20-ish walks/hits leading to a .400-ish ob% taking importance over 20-ish more extra base hits.
voters also tend to not care about someone's walk/singles totals unless it's leading to runs or a good sb/cs percentage putting the guy on 2nd/3rd to score in better position.
hell, some voters don't even put that much thought into it...they just vote.
mvp voting has 1 mostly-consistant point...dominance of more than just 1 or 2 categories...
Re: Last Day to Vote
I think it's impossible to know exactly what a manager influences and does. But, I too think Pinella deserves it for the regular season. What he touched generally turned to gold for 97 wins this year, a good 10 wins above what I expected them to do.
Cards crashed and burned at the end, so I think that takes LaRussa out of it.
Even with a great September, the Dodgers still only won in the mid 80's.
Most everything was expected in the NL...but it wasn't expected that the Cubs would win 97 games and have the best record in the NL.
Re: Last Day to Vote
Well... I remember that BP had projected the Cubs offense to lead the league in OBP. The other 'surprise' this year was probably Dempster, who Pinhead should get some credit for putting in the rotation... however, Pinhead is the same guy who didn't put him in the rotation last year.
I like Sveum for manager of the year. Sveum, Sabathia, Ramirez... who's a rookie who came up late and did well? Smardizjia, those are my winners.
Re: What deal with the devil
I must say that it is quite depressing watching Brett Myers get clutch hits against Billingsley.
Re: What deal with the devil
The devil has nothing to gain from making a deal for Brett Myers' soul because he's already going to hell for beating his wife. Scumbag.
Re: Last Day to Vote
As I recell those BP Internet awards follow the VORP ranking so closely there's no point in even doing them. Like taking a poll for who should be the VP at the Republican National Convention. Biased sample = biased results.
Maybe VA Phil and Chad's website should run a poll too.
Re: Last Day to Vote
Nah, VORP. Have the BP guys been talking up Mauer?
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-edited, nevermind-
IBA winner...got it mixed up with bbwaa
Re: Last Day to Vote
2007 VORP vs IBA:
Arod 1
Ordonez 2
Ortiz 3
Holiday 4
Wright 2
Rollins 9
Cy Young VORP
Sabathia 1
Beckett 4
Carmona 2
Cy Young VORP
Peavy 1
Webb 2
Penny 3
Pedroia 3
Matsuki 2
Bannister 4
(Guthrie was 1st, was he rookie eligible?)
Braun 1
Tulowostki 3
Pence 2
For the most part, pretty close except the NL MVP, where I think the voters did factor in some defense, for some reason.
Re: Last Day to Vote
the internet awards tend to be a bit more sane at least...
they don't match up totally, but they're trying really hard to sell mauer on people this season.
last year it was LF holliday and his big park they were celebrating over SS rollins...this year's focus on mauer seems to be really odd and pretty much hinging on the fact he was the only AL catcher this year healthy or talented enough to put in a full season.
in the end it's the will of the people...granted, people that frequent their kool aid stand...that get to vote. they've done a pretty decent job historically.
Re: I'm sure this is 3/44
yeesh...that girl is rough looking, too.
she's got hillbilly face under all that makeup.
Re: I'm sure this is 3/44
Soriano was more interested in the dude in the first photo, but his balls were at least a foot out of reach.
Re: Last Day to Vote
I vote for...who f**ing cares, the Cubs got swept, does anybody even remember...I'm still bitter...
Re: Last Day to Vote
i'm voting for CA-Phil
Re: Last Day to Vote
My ballot:
AL MVP: K-Rod (I know its out there but if the Angels had Eric Gagne as their closer those 15+ games they won the division by would have turned into a tight 3 way race race with the Rangers and A's. Also its not like their is a hitter with eyepopping stats.) 2. Youklis 3. Mauer 4. Sizemore 5. Hamilton 6. Pedroia 7. Quentin 8. Longoria 9. Morneau 10. Lee
AL CY- Cliff Lee (Just too dominate as a SP to to give the award to a CL even if he is the MVP) 2. K-rod 3. Dice K 4. Mussina 5. Halladay
AL ROY- Evan Longoria 2. Alexi Ramirez 3.Denard Span
AL MOY Gardenhire (While the Rays were a surprise, everyone knew they had talent unlike the Twins) 2. Maddon 3. Ozzie
NL MVP Pujols (He showed how valuable he was this year by making guys who looked they were done (Glaus) and washed out (Ludwick) into solid contributors. He also lead the in BA and was up there in most everything else) 2. Berkman 3. Utley 4. Lidge 5. Howard 6. Sabathia 7. Chipper 8. Beltran 9. Soto 10. Hanram
NL CY Lincecum 2. Webb 3. Santana 4. Sabathia 5. Lidge
NL ROY- Soto 2. Joey Votto 3. Jair Jurrens
NL MOY Joe Torre (Found a way to mesh a team that was rebuilt at the trade deadline) 2. Fredi Gonzalez 3. Tony LaRussa
How I aspect the BWAA voting will go:
AL MVP Pedroia (East Coast writters just love scrappy white guys), AL CY Lee, AL ROY Longoria AL MOY Maddon
NL MVP Howard (BWAA loves the counting stats and East Coast guys making Howard too hard to pass up), NL CY Webb (Hey he had 21 wins!) NL ROY- Soto NL MOY Torre
Re: Last Day to Vote
So according to you, K-rod was the second best pitcher in the league but was somehow the most valuable? I must have missed all those HR he hit.
Re: Last Day to Vote
No that makes perfect sense. I voted for Soto for MVP and Fukudome for ROY. Ok, I really didn't.
Re: Last Day to Vote
The Cy Young is suppose to go the Best pitcher, while the Most VALUABLE Player award is suppose to go the player who is the most imporant to a team's success. Given all the 1 or 2 run games the Angels won having K-rod instead of a league average closer likely gave the Angels more wins than Mauer gave to the Twins or Pedroia gave to the Red Sox. If the award was meant as an award to be strictly given away to the best player in any year, Sizemore would be running away with it.
Re: Last Day to Vote
a lot would argue MVP goes to the best player, period.
how important a player is to a team matters, but they do tend to be above average in a number of categories rather than being simply a team leader with few peers on other teams.
when i think "MVP" i think the player who could walk onto any of 30 teams and not only do well, but dominate a number of categories.
Re: Last Day to Vote
If you were a manager and had the Angels bullpen, and instead of K-rod you had Gagne, and you used Gagne as your closer instead of someone else, you would be fired by July. You are using an illogical and unrealistic example to try and prove your point.
Re: Last Day to Vote
That's why Fukudome should get ROY. Yeah, he struggled, but if Paul Bako was playing RF for the Cubs, they probably would have lost a lot more games.
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OK I still doubt there a 90 win team if Sheilds is their closer.
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So Sheilds [sic] would blown at least 10 saves? And the team would have lost those 10 blown saves? Heh.
The MLB leaders in blown saves were Gregg and Corpas, with nine (9) each. The MLB leader in losses was 10.
I am pretty confident that Scott Shields would have had less than 10 blown saves and less than ten losses, or he would not have remained the closer.
The Angels would have won more than 90 games with or without KRod.
Re: Last Day to Vote
K-rod wasn't even the best pitcher in the Angels bullpen. Hello Jose Arredondo, the Angels closer in 2009.
Re: Last Day to Vote
NL MVP Pujols
NL Cy Santana
Nl ROY SOTO
NL MOY Torre
AL MVP Mauer
AL Cy Lee
AL ROY Longoria
AL MOY Maddon
Re: Last Day to Vote
jamie moyer is not very good at baseball tonight.
Having Fun?
Cubs, Sox (for those so inclined in Chicago), and now another absolutely brutal Bears loss, the 2nd in 3 weeks.
Somebody in this town has SERIOUSLY pissed off the sporting gods.
Re: Having Fun?
You're just figuring that out now?
Re: Having Fun?
Seesm to have gotten a bit more intense over the last 7-8 days.
Bordering on Chemistry?
Vindication? ...but Jeez, what a weird existence.
Jose C. must have used his advance book money to make this purchase. Did anyone read the second book?
hCG is also what is tested for in positive pregnancy tests
SAN DIEGO (AP)—Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star as he attempted to bring a fertility drug from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday.
Canceco was detained at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing Thursday after agents searched his vehicle and said they found human chorionic gonadotropin, which is illegal without a prescription, said his attorney, Gregory Emerson.
Emerson declined to say if Canseco—who admitted to using steroids in a 2005 book that also alleged steroid use by other baseball players—had the drug, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency for use in males. The drug helps restore production of testosterone lost in steroid users.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Virginia Kice, said Canseco was ordered to appear in federal court in San Diego "related to an alleged smuggling violation" Thursday at a U.S. border crossing. She declined to elaborate.
Canseco has not been charged with a crime, Kice said. If he were to be charged, it would happen at his court appearance.
Re: Last Day to Vote
Through the grapevine... sounds like the Cubs are going to be making a serious play at this guy over the off season. Could be a good thing, could be bad... We'll see if the rumors are serious.
Re: Last Day to Vote
No thanks. After spending the last two years watching Soriano hopping around in left field, this is the last thing we need. Pass.
Re: Last Day to Vote
*high five*
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The comparison isn't Chapman replacing Rondon. It's Chapman replacing Richard (hopefully) in the pen. Chapman's better.
I'm with you, Rob. You pretty much summed up how I feel about it.
Been quite the roller-coaster the past two days -- both games, plus the Chapman kerfuffel. How about a couple of nice, comfortable wins before facing Sale? Cubs should definitely wear throwbacks for that game.
The Cubs are stronger defensively than most of the teams they play. In order to capitalize on that, they have to a) put the ball in play and b) run the bases aggressively.
That said, Cabrera has a strong, accurate arm, as witnessed by his 97 outfield assists over 12 seasons--mostly left field but also a lot of center. Bryant is rarely thrown out, but I guess you have to know who's throwing the ball.
On the other hand, Pries won his first start for Iowa, only giving up two HRs in the process. This trade has got some legs yet!
KB now with 0 RBI in his last 10 games and 1 in his last 15, despite having 19 hits in his last 15 games and raising his batting average from .278 to .286 over that span.
Maybe have Zobrist hit 2 and KB hit 4?
Also -- no HR in the last 15 games -- time for a bunch. Starting tomorrow.
Down a run. Fowler on first. Nobody out. KB singles to left, Fowler makes it to third, perfect throw from Cabrera nails KB trying to stretch for 2nd.
So, instead of 1st & 3rd and no out, you have 3rd with one out. It was a perfect throw, but why take the chance with 3-4-5 hitters coming up?
Must be a Cub thing - our lefties can;t get lefties out.
Splitting hairs, but Jake's pitch was poor execution, while KB's play was a poor decision (and the 2nd time he got thrown out trying to stretch in the game). Poor execution happens. Poor decisions are preventable. Speaking of poor decisions -- Baez's steal of 3rd made absolutely no sense.
Didn't Jake cost them the game with a pitch to Frazier?
Missed the play w/Bryant. What happened?
Not a good decision by Bryant in the 9th. That may have cost them the game.
Can we un-do the Montgomery deal? Please?
Who is this Arrieta guy? Can I get the old one back please?
Well, this is, once again, the whole season for the Sox.


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Painted wood serving tray. Four collapsible side ottomans. Faux espresso leather with decorative stitching. Collapsable ottomans 14x14x12.5"H
No assembly required. Removable top reveals 2 ottomans. Built in hardwood serving tray with cut out handles.
The Classics design of this bench is simple, sophisticated and gorgeous. The button-tufted leather upholstery makes it super comfortable as well as fashionable, and it can even be used as a cocktail ottoman or bed bench. This bench has two pullout trays, convenient lower shelf storage and has a classic multi-step brindle finish. The multi-step Brindle finish on flat-cut primavera veneer is enhanced with silver-leaf, stone and metal accents. Incorporating top-notch functionality in simple, ...


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